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3. Table Structure
select * from tblDepartment
select * from tblEmployee
select * from tblTransaction

select min(EmployeeNumber) as MinNumber, max(EmployeeNumber) as MaxNumber

from tblTransaction

select min(EmployeeNumber) as MinNumber, max(EmployeeNumber) as MaxNumber

from tblEmployee

4. Subquery – WHERE
select T.*
from tblTransaction as T
inner join tblEmployee as E
on E.EmployeeNumber = T.EmployeeNumber
where E.EmployeeLastName like 'y%'
order by T.EmployeeNumber

select *
from tblTransaction as T
Where EmployeeNumber in
(Select EmployeeNumber from tblEmployee where EmployeeLastName like 'y%')
order by EmployeeNumber

5. Subquery – WHERE and NOT

select *
from tblTransaction as T
Where EmployeeNumber in
(Select EmployeeNumber from tblEmployee where EmployeeLastName not like 'y%')
order by EmployeeNumber -- must be in tblEmployee AND tblTransaction, and not
126-129
-- INNER JOIN

select *
from tblTransaction as T
Where EmployeeNumber not in
(Select EmployeeNumber from tblEmployee where EmployeeLastName like 'y%')
order by EmployeeNumber -- must be in tblTransaction, and not 126-129
-- LEFT JOIN

6. Subquery – WHERE and ANY, SOME and ALL

select *
from tblTransaction as T
Where EmployeeNumber = some -- or "some"
(Select EmployeeNumber from tblEmployee where EmployeeLastName like 'y%')
order by EmployeeNumber

select *

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from tblTransaction as T
Where EmployeeNumber <> any -- does not work properly
(Select EmployeeNumber from tblEmployee where EmployeeLastName like 'y%')
order by EmployeeNumber

select *
from tblTransaction as T
Where EmployeeNumber <> all
(Select EmployeeNumber from tblEmployee where EmployeeLastName like 'y%')
order by EmployeeNumber

select *
from tblTransaction as T
Where EmployeeNumber <= all
(Select EmployeeNumber from tblEmployee where EmployeeLastName like 'y%')
order by EmployeeNumber

-- anything up to 126 AND

-- anything up to 127 AND
-- anything up to 128 AND
-- anything up to 129

-- ANY = anything up to 129

-- ALL = anything up to 126

-- any/some = OR
-- all = AND

-- 126 <> all(126,127,128,129)

-- 126<>126 AND 126<>127 AND 126<>128 AND 126<>129
-- FALSE AND TRUE = FALSE

-- 126 <> any(126,127,128,129)

-- 126<>126 OR 126<>127 OR 126<>128 OR 126<>129
-- FALSE OR TRUE = TRUE

7. Subqueries in the FROM clause

select *
from tblTransaction as T
left join (select * from tblEmployee
where EmployeeLastName like 'y%') as E
on E.EmployeeNumber = T.EmployeeNumber
order by T.EmployeeNumber

select *
from tblTransaction as T
left join tblEmployee as E
on E.EmployeeNumber = T.EmployeeNumber
Where E.EmployeeLastName like 'y%'
order by T.EmployeeNumber

select *
from tblTransaction as T
left join tblEmployee as E
on E.EmployeeNumber = T.EmployeeNumber

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and E.EmployeeLastName like 'y%'

order by T.EmployeeNumber

8. Subquery – Select Clause

Select *, (select count(EmployeeNumber)
from tblTransaction as T
where T.EmployeeNumber = E.EmployeeNumber) as NumTransactions,
(Select sum(Amount)
from tblTransaction as T
where T.EmployeeNumber = E.EmployeeNumber) as TotalAmount
from tblEmployee as E
Where E.EmployeeLastName like 'y%' --correlated subquery

Remainder
select *
from tblTransaction as T
Where exists
(Select EmployeeNumber from tblEmployee as E where EmployeeLastName like 'y%'
and T.EmployeeNumber = E.EmployeeNumber)
order by EmployeeNumber

select *
from tblTransaction as T
Where not exists
(Select EmployeeNumber from tblEmployee as E where EmployeeLastName like 'y%'
and T.EmployeeNumber = E.EmployeeNumber)
order by EmployeeNumber

10. Top X from various categories

select * from
(select D.Department, EmployeeNumber, EmployeeFirstName, EmployeeLastName,
rank() over(partition by D.Department order by E.EmployeeNumber) as
TheRank
from tblDepartment as D
join tblEmployee as E on D.Department = E.Department) as MyTable
where TheRank <= 5
order by Department, EmployeeNumber

11. With Statement

with tblWithRanking as
(select D.Department, EmployeeNumber, EmployeeFirstName, EmployeeLastName,
rank() over(partition by D.Department order by E.EmployeeNumber) as
TheRank
from tblDepartment as D
join tblEmployee as E on D.Department = E.Department

select * from tblWithRanking

where TheRank <= 5

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order by Department, EmployeeNumber

with tblWithRanking as
(select D.Department, EmployeeNumber, EmployeeFirstName, EmployeeLastName,
rank() over(partition by D.Department order by E.EmployeeNumber) as
TheRank
from tblDepartment as D
join tblEmployee as E on D.Department = E.Department),
Transaction2014 as
(select * from tblTransaction where DateOfTransaction < '2015-01-01')

select * from tblWithRanking

left join Transaction2014 on tblWithRanking.EmployeeNumber =
Transaction2014.EmployeeNumber
where TheRank <= 5
order by Department, tblWithRanking.EmployeeNumber

12. Exercise 1
select E.EmployeeNumber from tblEmployee as E
left join tblTransaction as T
on E.EmployeeNumber = T.EmployeeNumber
where T.EmployeeNumber IS NULL
order by E.EmployeeNumber

select max(EmployeeNumber) from tblTransaction;

with Numbers as (
select top(select max(EmployeeNumber) from tblTransaction) row_Number()
over(order by (select null)) as RowNumber
from tblTransaction as U)

select U.RowNumber from Numbers as U

left join tblTransaction as T
on U.RowNumber = T.EmployeeNumber
where T.EmployeeNumber is null
order by U.RowNumber

select row_number() over(order by(select null)) from sys.objects O cross join

sys.objects P

13. Exercise 2
with Numbers as (
select top(select max(EmployeeNumber) from tblTransaction) row_Number()
over(order by (select null)) as RowNumber
from tblTransaction as U),
Transactions2014 as (
select * from tblTransaction where DateOfTransaction>='2014-01-01' and
DateOfTransaction < '2015-01-01'),
tblGap as (
select U.RowNumber,
RowNumber - LAG(RowNumber) over(order by RowNumber) as PreviousRowNumber,
LEAD(RowNumber) over(order by RowNumber) - RowNumber as NextRowNumber,

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case when RowNumber - LAG(RowNumber) over(order by RowNumber) = 1 then 0

else 1 end as GroupGap
from Numbers as U
left join Transactions2014 as T
on U.RowNumber = T.EmployeeNumber
where T.EmployeeNumber is null),
tblGroup as (
select *, sum(GroupGap) over (ORDER BY RowNumber) as TheGroup
from tblGap)
select Min(RowNumber) as StartingEmployeeNumber, Max(RowNumber) as
EndingEmployeeNumber,
Max(RowNumber) - Min(RowNumber) + 1 as NumberEmployees
from tblGroup
group by TheGroup
order by TheGroup

14. Pivot
with myTable as
(select year(DateOfTransaction) as TheYear, month(DateOfTransaction) as TheMonth,
Amount from tblTransaction)

select * from myTable

PIVOT (sum(Amount) for TheMonth in ([1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9],
[10], [11], [12])) as myPvt
ORDER BY TheYear

15. Replacing Nulls with Zeros in Pivot

with myTable as
(select year(DateOfTransaction) as TheYear, month(DateOfTransaction) as TheMonth,
Amount from tblTransaction)

select TheYear, isnull([1],0) as [1],

isnull([2],0) as [2],
isnull([3],0) as [3],
isnull([4],0) as [4],
isnull([5],0) as [5],
isnull([6],0) as [6],
isnull([7],0) as [7],
isnull([8],0) as [8],
isnull([9],0) as [9],
isnull([10],0) as [10],
isnull([11],0) as [11],
isnull([12],0) as [12] from myTable
PIVOT (sum(Amount) for TheMonth in ([1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9],
[10], [11], [12])) as myPvt
ORDER BY TheYear

16. UnPivot
SELECT *
FROM [tblPivot]

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UNPIVOT (Amount FOR Month IN ([1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10],
[11], [12])) AS tblUnPivot
where Amount <> 0

17. Self Joins

begin tran
alter table tblEmployee
add Manager int
go
update tblEmployee
set Manager = ((EmployeeNumber-123)/10)+123
where EmployeeNumber>123
select E.EmployeeNumber, E.EmployeeFirstName, E.EmployeeLastName,
M.EmployeeNumber as ManagerNumber, M.EmployeeFirstName as
ManagerFirstName,
M.EmployeeLastName as ManagerLastName
from tblEmployee as E
left JOIN tblEmployee as M
on E.Manager = M.EmployeeNumber

rollback tran

18. Recursive CTE

begin tran
alter table tblEmployee
add Manager int
go
update tblEmployee
set Manager = ((EmployeeNumber-123)/10)+123
where EmployeeNumber>123;
with myTable as
(select EmployeeNumber, EmployeeFirstName, EmployeeLastName, 0 as BossLevel --
Anchor
from tblEmployee
where Manager is null
UNION ALL --UNION ALL!!
select E.EmployeeNumber, E.EmployeeFirstName, E.EmployeeLastName,
myTable.BossLevel + 1 --Recursive
from tblEmployee as E
join myTable on E.Manager = myTable.EmployeeNumber
) --recursive CTE

select * from myTable

rollback tran

19. Scalar Functions 1

CREATE FUNCTION AmountPlusOne(@Amount smallmoney)
RETURNS smallmoney
AS
BEGIN

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RETURN @Amount + 1

END
GO

select DateOfTransaction, EmployeeNumber, Amount, dbo.AmountPlusOne(Amount) as

AmountAndOne
from tblTransaction

DECLARE @myValue smallmoney

EXEC @myValue = dbo.AmountPlusOne @Amount = 345.67
select @myValue

20. Scalar Functions 2

if object_ID(N'NumberOfTransactions',N'FN') IS NOT NULL
DROP FUNCTION NumberOfTransactions
GO
CREATE FUNCTION NumberOfTransactions(@EmployeeNumber int)
RETURNS int
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @NumberOfTransactions INT
SELECT @NumberOfTransactions = COUNT(*) FROM tblTransaction
WHERE EmployeeNumber = @EmployeeNumber
RETURN @NumberOfTransactions
END

21. Inline Table Function

CREATE FUNCTION TransactionList(@EmployeeNumber int)
RETURNS TABLE AS RETURN
(
SELECT * FROM tblTransaction
WHERE EmployeeNumber = @EmployeeNumber
)

SELECT *
from dbo.TransactionList(123)

select *
from tblEmployee
where exists(select * from dbo.TransactionList(EmployeeNumber))

select distinct E.*

from tblEmployee as E
join tblTransaction as T
on E.EmployeeNumber = T.EmployeeNumber

select *
from tblEmployee as E
where exists(Select EmployeeNumber from tblTransaction as T where
E.EmployeeNumber = T.EmployeeNumber)

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22. Apply
SELECT *
from dbo.TransList(123)
GO

select *, (select count(*) from dbo.TransList(E.EmployeeNumber)) as

NumTransactions
from tblEmployee as E

select *
from tblEmployee as E
outer apply TransList(E.EmployeeNumber) as T

select *
from tblEmployee as E
cross apply TransList(E.EmployeeNumber) as T

--123 left join TransList(123)

--124 left join TransList(124)

--outer apply all of tblEmployee, UDF 0+ rows

--cross apply UDF 1+ rows

--outer apply = LEFT JOIN

--cross apply = INNER JOIN

select *
from tblEmployee as E
where (select count(*) from dbo.TransList(E.EmployeeNumber)) >3

23. Synonyms
create synonym EmployeeTable
for tblEmployee
go

select * from EmployeeTable

create synonym DateTable

for tblDate
go

select * from DateTable

create synonym RemoteTable

for OVERTHERE.70-461remote.dbo.tblRemote
go

select * from RemoteTable

24. Dynamic Queries

select * from tblEmployee where EmployeeNumber = 129;
go
declare @command as varchar(255);

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set @command = 'select * from tblEmployee where EmployeeNumber = 129;'

set @command = 'Select * from tblTransaction'
execute (@command);
go
declare @command as varchar(255), @param as varchar(50);
set @command = 'select * from tblEmployee where EmployeeNumber = '
set @param ='129'
execute (@command + @param); --sql injection potential
go
declare @command as nvarchar(255), @param as nvarchar(50);
set @command = N'select * from tblEmployee where EmployeeNumber = @ProductID'
set @param =N'129'
execute sys.sp_executesql @statement = @command, @params = N'@ProductID int',
@ProductID = @param;

25. Problems with IDENTITY

begin tran
insert into tblEmployee2
values ('New Name')
select * from tblEmployee2
rollback tran

truncate table tblEmployee2

26. GUIDs
declare @newvalue as uniqueidentifier --GUID
SET @newvalue = NEWID()
SELECT @newvalue as TheNewID
GO
declare @randomnumbergenerator int = DATEPART(MILLISECOND,SYSDATETIME())
+1000*(DATEPART(SECOND,SYSDATETIME())
+60*(DATEPART(MINUTE,SYSDATETIME())
+60*DATEPART(HOUR,SYSDATETIME())))
SELECT RAND(@randomnumbergenerator) as RandomNumber;

begin tran
Create table tblEmployee4
(UniqueID uniqueidentifier CONSTRAINT df_tblEmployee4_UniqueID DEFAULT NEWID(),
EmployeeNumber int CONSTRAINT uq_tblEmployee4_EmployeeNumber UNIQUE)

Insert into tblEmployee4(EmployeeNumber)

VALUES (1), (2), (3)
select * from tblEmployee4
rollback tran
go
declare @newvalue as uniqueidentifier
SET @newvalue = NEWSEQUENTIALID()
SELECT @newvalue as TheNewID
GO
begin tran
Create table tblEmployee4
(UniqueID uniqueidentifier CONSTRAINT df_tblEmployee4_UniqueID DEFAULT
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EmployeeNumber int CONSTRAINT uq_tblEmployee4_EmployeeNumber UNIQUE)

Insert into tblEmployee4(EmployeeNumber)

VALUES (1), (2), (3)
select * from tblEmployee4
rollback tran

27. Defining SEQUENCES

BEGIN TRAN
CREATE SEQUENCE newSeq AS BIGINT
START WITH 1
INCREMENT BY 1
MINVALUE 1
--MAXVALUE 999999
--CYCLE
CACHE 50
CREATE SEQUENCE secondSeq AS INT
SELECT * FROM sys.sequences
ROLLBACK TRAN

28. NEXT VALUE FOR sequence

BEGIN TRAN
CREATE SEQUENCE newSeq AS BIGINT
START WITH 1
INCREMENT BY 1
MINVALUE 1
CACHE 50
select NEXT VALUE FOR newSeq as NextValue;
--select *, NEXT VALUE FOR newSeq OVER (ORDER BY DateOfTransaction) as NextNumber
from tblTransaction
rollback tran

CREATE SEQUENCE newSeq AS BIGINT

START WITH 1
INCREMENT BY 1
MINVALUE 1
--MAXVALUE 999999
--CYCLE
CACHE 50

alter table tblTransaction

ADD NextNumber int CONSTRAINT DF_Transaction DEFAULT NEXT VALUE FOR newSeq

alter table tblTransaction

drop DF_Transaction
alter table tblTransaction
drop column NextNumber

alter table tblTransaction

add NextNumber int
alter table tblTransaction
add CONSTRAINT DF_Transaction DEFAULT NEXT VALUE FOR newSeq for NextNumber

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begin tran
select * from tblTransaction
INSERT INTO tblTransaction(Amount, DateOfTransaction, EmployeeNumber)
VALUES (1,'2017-01-01',123)
select * from tblTransaction WHERE EmployeeNumber = 123;
update tblTransaction
set NextNumber = NEXT VALUE FOR newSeq
where NextNumber is null
select * from tblTransaction --WHERE EmployeeNumber = 123
ROLLBACK TRAN

--SET IDENTITY_INSERT tablename ON

--DBCC CHECKIDENT(tablename,RESEED)

alter sequence newSeq

restart with 1

alter table tblTransaction

drop DF_Transaction
alter table tblTransaction
drop column NextNumber
DROP SEQUENCE newSeq

31. Introducing XML

declare @x xml
set @x = '<Shopping ShopperName="Phillip Burton" Weather="Nice">
<ShoppingTrip ShoppingTripID="L1">
<Item Cost="5">Bananas</Item>
<Item Cost="4">Apples</Item>
<Item Cost="3">Cherries</Item>
</ShoppingTrip>
<ShoppingTrip ShoppingTripID="L2">
<Item>Emeralds</Item>
<Item>Diamonds</Item>
<Item>Furniture</Item>
</ShoppingTrip>
</Shopping>'

select @x

update [dbo].[tblEmployee]
set XMLOutput = @x
where EmployeeNumber = 200

select * from [dbo].[tblEmployee]

32. FOR XML RAW

select E.EmployeeNumber, E.EmployeeFirstName, E.EmployeeLastName
, E.DateOfBirth, T.Amount, T.DateOfTransaction
from [dbo].[tblEmployee] as E
left join [dbo].[tblTransaction] as T
on E.EmployeeNumber = T.EmployeeNumber
where E.EmployeeNumber between 200 and 202

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for xml raw('MyRow'), elements

33. FOR XML AUTO

select E.EmployeeNumber, E.EmployeeFirstName, E.EmployeeLastName
, E.DateOfBirth, T.Amount, T.DateOfTransaction
from [dbo].[tblEmployee] as E
left join [dbo].[tblTransaction] as T
on E.EmployeeNumber = T.EmployeeNumber
where E.EmployeeNumber between 200 and 202
for xml auto, elements

34. FOR XML PATH

select E.EmployeeFirstName as '@EmployeeFirstName'
, E.EmployeeLastName as '@EmployeeLastName'
, E.EmployeeNumber
, E.DateOfBirth
, T.Amount as 'Transaction/Amount'
, T.DateOfTransaction as 'Transaction/DateOfTransaction#'
from [dbo].[tblEmployee] as E
left join [dbo].[tblTransaction] as T
on E.EmployeeNumber = T.EmployeeNumber
where E.EmployeeNumber between 200 and 202
for xml path('Employees'), ROOT('MyXML')

35. FOR XML EXPLICIT

select 1 as Tag, NULL as Parent
, E.EmployeeFirstName as [Elements!1!EmployeeFirstName]
, E.EmployeeLastName as [Elements!1!EmployeeLastName]
, E.EmployeeNumber as [Elements!1!EmployeeNumber]
, E.DateOfBirth as [Elements!1!DateOfBirth]
, null as [Elements!2!Amount]
, null as [Elements!2!DateOfTransaction]
from [dbo].[tblEmployee] as E
where E.EmployeeNumber between 200 and 202
union all
select 2 as Tag, 1 as Parent
, null as [EmployeeFirstName]
, null as [EmployeeLastName]
, T.EmployeeNumber
, null as DateOfBirth
, Amount
, DateOfTransaction
from [dbo].[tblTransaction] as T
inner join [dbo].[tblEmployee] as E on T.EmployeeNumber = E.EmployeeNumber
where T.EmployeeNumber between 200 and 202
order by EmployeeNumber, [Elements!2!Amount]
for xml explicit

35. XQuery Value method

declare @x xml

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set @x='<Shopping ShopperName="Phillip Burton" >

<ShoppingTrip ShoppingTripID="L1" >
<Item Cost="5">Bananas</Item>
<Item Cost="4">Apples</Item>
<Item Cost="3">Cherries</Item>
</ShoppingTrip>
<ShoppingTrip ShoppingTripID="L2" >
<Item>Emeralds</Item>
<Item>Diamonds</Item>
<Item>Furniture</Item>
</ShoppingTrip>
</Shopping>'
select @x.value('(/Shopping/ShoppingTrip/Item/@Cost)[1]','varchar(50)')

36. XQuery Modify method

set @x.modify('replace value of (/Shopping/ShoppingTrip[1]/Item[3]/@Cost)[1]
with "6.0"')

select @x

set @x.modify('insert <Item Cost="5">New Food</Item>

into (/Shopping/ShoppingTrip)[2]')
select @x

37. XQuery Query and FLWOR 1

select @x.query('for $ValueRetrieved in /Shopping/ShoppingTrip/Item
return $ValueRetrieved')

select @x.query('for $ValueRetrieved in /Shopping/ShoppingTrip/Item

return string($ValueRetrieved)')

select @x.query('for $ValueRetrieved in /Shopping/ShoppingTrip[1]/Item

return concat(string($ValueRetrieved),";")')

38. XQuery Query and FLWOR 2

select @x.query('for $ValueRetrieved in /Shopping/ShoppingTrip[1]/Item
let $CostVariable := $ValueRetrieved/@Cost
where $CostVariable >= 4
order by $CostVariable
return concat(string($ValueRetrieved),";")')

39. nodes using Variable (shredding a variable)

select tbl.col.value('.', 'varchar(50)') as Item
, tbl.col.value('@Cost','varchar(50)') as Cost
into tblTemp
from @x.nodes('/Shopping/ShoppingTrip/Item') as tbl(col)

select * from tblTemp

drop table tblTemp

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--for let where order by return

40. notes using table (shredding a table)

declare @x1 xml, @x2 xml
set @x1='<Shopping ShopperName="Phillip Burton" >
<ShoppingTrip ShoppingTripID="L1" >
<Item Cost="5">Bananas</Item>
<Item Cost="4">Apples</Item>
<Item Cost="3">Cherries</Item>
</ShoppingTrip></Shopping>'
set @x2='<Shopping ShopperName="Phillip Burton" >
<ShoppingTrip ShoppingTripID="L2" >
<Item>Emeralds</Item>
<Item>Diamonds</Item>
<Item>Furniture</Item>
</ShoppingTrip>
</Shopping>'

drop table #tblXML

create table #tblXML(pkXML INT PRIMARY KEY, xmlCol XML)

insert into #tblXML(pkXML, xmlCol) VALUES (1, @x1)

insert into #tblXML(pkXML, xmlCol) VALUES (2, @x2)

select * from #tblXML

select tbl.col.value('@Cost','varchar(50)')
from #tblXML CROSS APPLY
xmlCol.nodes('/Shopping/ShoppingTrip/Item') as tbl(col)

41. Importing and exporting XML using the bcp utility

bcp [70-461S5].dbo.tblDepartment out mydata.out -N -T
create table dbo.tblDepartment2
([Department] varchar(19) null,
[DepartmentHead] varchar(19) null)

bcp [70-461S5].dbo.tblDepartment2 in mydata.out -N –T

42. Bulk Insert and Openrowset

drop table #tblXML
go
create table #tblXML(XmlCol xml)
go
bulk insert #tblXML from 'C:\XML\SampleDataBulkInsert.txt'
select * from #tblXML

drop table #tblXML

go
create table #tblXML(IntCol int, XmlCol xml)
go
insert into #tblXML(XmlCol)

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select * from
openrowset(BULK 'C:\XML\SampleDataOpenRowset.txt', SINGLE_BLOB) AS x
select * from #tblXML

43. Schema
select E.EmployeeNumber, E.EmployeeFirstName, E.EmployeeLastName
, T.Amount, T.DateOfTransaction
from [dbo].[tblEmployee] as E
left join [dbo].[tblTransaction] as T
on E.EmployeeNumber = T.EmployeeNumber
where E.EmployeeNumber between 200 and 202
for xml raw, xmlschema --, xmldata

i4 or int Int Whole number, integer

Boolean Boolean logical value (0 or 1)
dateTime.iso8601 Datetime Date and time in ISO 8601format
Double Double precision floating point number
String Varchar String of characters. Must follow XML encoding.
Nil Null Discriminated null value; an XML-RPC extension

46. XML Indexes

declare @x1 xml, @x2 xml
set @x1='<Shopping ShopperName="Phillip Burton" >
<ShoppingTrip ShoppingTripID="L1" >
<Item Cost="5">Bananas</Item>
<Item Cost="4">Apples</Item>
<Item Cost="3">Cherries</Item>
</ShoppingTrip></Shopping>'
set @x2='<Shopping ShopperName="Phillip Burton" >
<ShoppingTrip ShoppingTripID="L2" >
<Item>Emeralds</Item>
<Item>Diamonds</Item>
<Item>Furniture
<Color></Color></Item>
</ShoppingTrip>
</Shopping>'

drop table #tblXML;

create table #tblXML(pkXML INT PRIMARY KEY, xmlCol XML)

insert into #tblXML(pkXML, xmlCol) VALUES (1, @x1)

insert into #tblXML(pkXML, xmlCol) VALUES (2, @x2)

create primary xml index pk_tblXML on #tblXML(xmlCol)

create xml index secpk_tblXML_Path on #tblXML(xmlCol)
using xml index pk_tblXML FOR PATH
create xml index secpk_tblXML_Value on #tblXML(xmlCol)
using xml index pk_tblXML FOR VALUE
create xml index secpk_tblXML_Property on #tblXML(xmlCol)
using xml index pk_tblXML FOR PROPERTY

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